Dive into the gripping story of the Battle of the Java Sea and the heroic, yet tragic, figure of Commander Karel Durman!
Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, which analysts say shows the Southeast Asian country's ...
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WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2026

Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment 1703-Saint Petersburg ...
He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero, as he celebrates his 100th birthday.
A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a house, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said ...
Allied naval forces faced catastrophe during the Battle of the Java Sea as Admiral Doorman led a desperate last stand against ...
The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command confirmed the wreck site of USS Herring, an U.S. submarine lost in the Pacific ...
The Navy has confirmed the wreck site of the USS Herring, a WWII submarine lost with 83 sailors. The discovery, made after ...
Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes a large lagoon behind the colossal concrete wall, ...
Outside St. Mary of the Angels Chapel at Siena University Thursday morning, police escorted a silver hearse to the foot of the stairs. Uniformed officers marched in formation toward the rear doors of ...
Ukraine’s military said it hit a Russian missile carrier in the Caspian Sea, the latest in a series of increasingly ambitious long-range strikes on Russian targets. It was unclear how badly the ship ...
A North Sea oil grade that’s central to setting the world’s most important physical crude price traded at a discount for the first time during the Iran war, as immediate fears ease of a supply shock ...